Hamlet Essays

12th Grade

Hamlet

There is often an indistinctive discrepancy between actuality and what tends to be an illusion of actuality. This concept of deception is often captured by many authors, who establish characters and implement facades that hide their true...

12th Grade

Hamlet

Compared to his contemporaries, William Shakespeare is undoubtedly the most appreciated and widely-read playwright of the Elizabethan Era. Among his most popular plays is Hamlet, a tragedy detailing young Hamlet’s struggle to avenge his father’s...

11th Grade

Hamlet

The nature of humankind has been highly explored in literature and film throughout the ages. Whether it be through deception of reality or through over-analyzation of every possible outcome, human thought has been approached in various forms....

College

Hamlet

William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark is widely regarded as one of the English language’s greatest plays. It captures the attention of audiences like few other plays can, and it has held their attention for over...

College

Hamlet

Hamlet’s “To be, or not to be” speech in 3.1.56-90 of William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark is perhaps the most famous section of dialogue in the English language. It has been quoted an innumerable number of times in all...

12th Grade

Hamlet

In it’s traditional sense, the natural world can serve to act as the utter antithesis of the man-made human world. It is possible to consider them to both be their own microcosms, circulating in their own introspective cycles, however, it may be...

College

Hamlet

Recurring physiological manifestations of sin and madness as illness are crucial in Shakespeare’s Hamlet. They frame the state of Denmark as a sick body, with Hamlet chasing a virus, attempting to eradicate it before the body keels over. As the...

12th Grade

Hamlet

“When we make a decision we are ‘killing’ our options[...]We are choosing to decide and this feels like a loss.” Business coach Andrew Cussons gave this explanation for “Why People Struggle to Make Decisions.” Shakespeare’s Hamlet heavily preys on...

12th Grade

Hamlet

Many scholars have adopted a feminist approach when examining Ophelia’s madness in “Hamlet” by William Shakespeare. A popular interpretation is that Shakespeare uses Ophelia’s insanity to empower her in . After spending the majority of the play...